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It is almost unheard of for a TV series to get a second season nearly 10 years after the first. But with so many recent changes in the viewing landscape, nothing about television is business as usual anymore. Which brings us to "The Comeback," a spiky behind-the-scenes Hollywood satire that first aired on HBO in 2005. The show's long-belated second season began airing on the cable network last month and continues through Dec. 28. It remains as deeply observant and sharply acted as ever. Created by Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King, it is equal parts horror show and comedy, starring Kudrow as sitcom actress Valerie Cherish, a woman both ridiculous and recognizably human....

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An autopsy today found that a man who plunged down a smokestack on the roof of a Michigan Avenue hotel died from injuries suffered in the fall, and his death has been ruled an accident.
Nicholas Wieme, 23, had climbed onto the roof of the...